An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the Indian cobra (Naja naja), a highly venomous, medically important snake.
The Indian...
A team of researchers has discovered several hundreds of new negative strand RNA viruses and at least 20 viral genera in insects.
Phylogeny of negative...
Long-term treatment with lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) juice lowered the already elevated blood pressure and improved the function of blood vessels...
Beta-carophyllene, a bicyclic sesquiterpene found in lavender, rosemary and ylang ylang, as well as various herbs and spices, has the capability to improve...
A research team led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine scientists has identified a previously undescribed mechanism of insecticide resistance that...
An international team of scientists has used the CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology to restructure vine-like tomato plants into extremely compact, early...
Striatum, the inner part of the brain, is considered central to decision-making and the development of various addictions. In mouse models and with methods...
An international team of researchers has successfully sequenced and analyzed the genome of the blue-petal water lily (Nymphaea colorata), a plant species...
An international team of scientists has successfully sequenced ancient DNA extracted from a 5,700-year-old piece of chewed birch pitch from southern Denmark....
A team of researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia, has developed a simple new method for estimating...
Historians often trace the dawn of human civilization back 10,000 years, when Neolithic tribes first settled and began farming in the Fertile Crescent,...
A research team led by American University scientists has sequenced the genome of the thermophilic subterrestrial nematode Halicephalobus mephisto, one...
Genetic variants determine whether or not you can tolerate eating certain vegetables, according to new research.
TAS2R38 predicted lower consumption of...
Horizontal gene transfer from soil bacteria to algae allowed early life to move to land, according to new research.
Cheng et al report genome sequences...
In a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, researchers at the University of Bristol searched for the effects of heavy smoking using the UK Biobank...
Complex chemical signals are triggered when water lands on a plant to help it prepare for the dangers of rain, according to a new study published in the...
Modern individuals from the Pacific islands of Melanesia harbor adaptive copy number variants (CNVs) that they inherited from two groups of our evolutionary...
A team of scientists from King’s College London, University College London and the University of Manchester has identified 44 genes linked to age-related...
A team of Australian scientists has successfully completed an integrated genomic characterization of a reef-building coral species called Porites lutea...
